In a significant legal action, twenty-five families and survivors of apartheid-era political crimes have filed a lawsuit against the South African government seeking constitutional damages…
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Over the past decade, SRT grantee partner the End FGM European Network (End FGM EU), has emerged as a pivotal force in combating female…
New analysis from The Forever Pollution Project has exposed the dire environmental, health and financial implications posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or…
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for systematically pushing back asylum-seekers at its borders. The historic ruling, issued on 7 January 2025,…
In March 2020, the Hungarian parliament passed a law allowing the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, to rule by decree, explained as a…
The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) works to secure human rights-centred governance at all levels in the country. Since 2019 it has worked…
During Lebanon’s civil war, which lasted from 1975 to 1990, over 100,000 people were killed and thousands disappeared. In the years following the…
TRIAL International works to combat impunity for international crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since its creation in 2002,…
The Center for Civil and Human Rights, known as Poradňa, addresses gender and racial discrimination and reproductive rights violations…
In June 2021, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court convicted Alieu Kosiah, a former Liberian warlord and former battalion commander of the ULIMO (United Liberation Movement…
Founded in 1997, the GALA Queer Archive is a catalyst for the production, preservation and dissemination of information about the history, culture and…
In late June 2021, the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), an SRT grantee since 2014, earned two major victories in the…
In June 2021, Tamir Yadai, the chief of the Central Command of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), announced that the IDF would limit its “intelligence…
On 29 April 2021, the Supreme Court in Malawi ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional in the country. This landmark judgment paves the way…